altruistic

Modifies a noun

• motive: Some people practice self denial by putting moral restraints on themselves, for altruistic motives.
• behavior: Age at which babies have shown altruistic behavior: 18 months 20.
• donation: The latest example is the current public debate on whether altruistic donations of eggs should be allowed.
• behavior: Some animals display a greater range of altruistic behavior than do some humans.
• act: An economic analysis of altruism: who benefits from altruistic acts?
• reason: There are also many more altruistic reasons for getting way for a bit.

Modifying Another Word

• purely: He seemed driven by purely altruistic reasons to organize a week-long celebration of Finnish design.
• seemingly: How do we know it is not our own selfish desires disguised by the unconscious into seemingly altruistic motives.
• entirely: Of course not all the reasons for joining a Youth SVP group are entirely altruistic!
• truly: Truly altruistic action is a form of yoga, referred to by the Sanskrit words Karma Yoga.
• not: Performing three songs for fifteen minutes in front of a global audience of 3 billion is not altruistic.
• apparently: Biologists, however, can demonstrate that these behaviors are only apparently altruistic.

Used with adjective complement

• become: To what extent can we offer arguments to rational egoists to persuade them to become more altruistic?
• feel: Such a policy makes finding willing Directors of Studies difficult and naturally leads Colleges to feel less altruistic toward the University.